I had a curved spider on an 8" f/10 newt once and it definitely eliminated
the hard diffraction spikes.
-Ray
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@seds.org [mailto:sf-bay-tac-bounces@seds.org] On
> Behalf Of grimly_fiendish@comcast.net
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 9:27 AM
> To: sf-bay-tac@seds.org
> Subject: [TAC] Spiders (off topic)
>
> Recently I have begun building a 16" truss tube telescope and I have asked
> and received help from several people on this list with materials and
> parts. I have gotten to the point where I have to decide on a spider and I
> was first considering purchasing a Protostar as they come highly
> recommended by several people, but recently I came across the curved vane
> spider and was wondering if anyone has used one and if the claims are
> true. I would appreciate any advice, please reply to me off list.
>
> Clear skies,
>
> Kevin
Received on Fri Apr 30 09:48:42 2004